Storm Prediction Center Severe Thunderstorm Watch 193

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   SEL3

   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 193
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   525 PM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     South-central and Eastern Kentucky

   * Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight
     CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
     Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will progress eastward across the
   region this evening with isolated wind damage as the main severe
   risk.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
   statute miles north and south of a line from 25 miles northwest of
   Bowling Green KY to 40 miles south of Huntington WV. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
   Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
   weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
   warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 189...WW 190...WW
   191...WW 192...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
   few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   26025.

   ...Guyer

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The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area.
The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

   SAW3 
   WW 193 SEVERE TSTM KY 292225Z - 300500Z
   AXIS..50 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
   25NW BWG/BOWLING GREEN KY/ - 40S HTS/HUNTINGTON WV/
   ..AVIATION COORDS.. 45NM N/S /23NW BWG - 63SSW HNN/
   HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..1.5 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
   MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26025.

   LAT...LON 37958674 38508255 37068255 36508674

   THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
   COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
   FOR WOU3.

Watch 193 Status Report Messages:

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 193

VALID 300140Z - 300240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 WSW LOZ
TO 15 NNE LOZ TO 30 S HTS.

..SPC..04/30/25

ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 193 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

KYC013-025-051-071-095-109-115-119-121-125-131-133-147-153-159-
189-193-195-199-231-235-300240-

KY 
.    KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BELL		     BREATHITT		 CLAY		     
FLOYD		     HARLAN		 JACKSON	     
JOHNSON 	     KNOTT		 KNOX		     
LAUREL		     LESLIE		 LETCHER	     
MCCREARY	     MAGOFFIN		 MARTIN 	     
OWSLEY		     PERRY		 PIKE		     
PULASKI 	     WAYNE		 WHITLEY	     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 193

VALID 300045Z - 300140Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SW BWG TO
35 S LEX TO 35 NW JKL TO 55 ENE LEX.

..SPC..04/30/25

ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...RLX...

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 193 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

KYC001-003-009-013-019-025-043-045-051-053-057-063-065-071-089-
095-109-115-119-121-125-127-129-131-133-137-147-153-159-165-169-
171-175-189-193-195-197-199-203-205-207-213-227-231-235-237-
300140-

KY 
.    KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR		     ALLEN		 BARREN 	     
BELL		     BOYD		 BREATHITT	     
CARTER		     CASEY		 CLAY		     
CLINTON 	     CUMBERLAND 	 ELLIOTT	     
ESTILL		     FLOYD		 GREENUP	     
HARLAN		     JACKSON		 JOHNSON	     
KNOTT		     KNOX		 LAUREL 	     
LAWRENCE	     LEE		 LESLIE 	     
LETCHER 	     LINCOLN		 MCCREARY	     
MAGOFFIN	     MARTIN		 MENIFEE	     
METCALFE	     MONROE		 MORGAN 	     
OWSLEY		     PERRY		 PIKE		     
POWELL		     PULASKI		 ROCKCASTLE	     
ROWAN		     RUSSELL		 SIMPSON	     
WARREN		     WAYNE		 WHITLEY	     
WOLFE		     
$$


THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY.  PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES...INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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